Day One, January 18th
Arrival and Magic Kingdom
Are we there yet?!?
We arrived at Pop Century a little after 11am. We headed to check in and were surprised that our room was ready. I was extremely happy. It gave me a better feeling about heading to the park for the day and not having to face unloading the van exhausted. Eric loaded up a luggage cart and made his way to the room. My job was to park the van and get the girls to the room. So off we go to park. Done. Get the stuff we need to carry, the girls pillows/blankies and such. I look at the resort map and we make our way to the room. Now this should have taken all of 10 minutes. 25 minutes later the girls and I finally find the room. Apparently I cannot read a resort map to save my life. Put me on a road with an atlas and Im good to go. A parking lot and hotel grounds- Big Problem!!! Note to self- You need to get out more! Eric was a little frantic- he found the van but could not find us. We were taking the scenic route. We get to room and check out our new digs.
If you ask Molly our house was in the Green Oh Oh. Room 4214, 60s building.
We were right around the corner from the green and pink flower.
I thought it was a good spot, not far from the food court or the parking lot (if you take the correct way). We change and pack the bags for the park. Its now about 12:30 or so and we are ready to hit Magic Kingdom.
We arrive at Magic Kingdom and it sprinkling, but were in Disney so Ill take it. After getting into the park Emma spots Jiminy Cricket and Pinocchio. We make a dash for Jiminys line and get his autograph. Then onto Pinocchio. For some reason Molly would not get in the picture.
As we were finishing up with Pinocchio we saw Snow White and Dopey come out. Over to their line for autographs. Weve been here all of 10 minutes and got 4 autographs. We head past the flag circle and see Cruella DeVil. The girls want to get her autograph as well. We were the last family allowed in her line before her break. She was quite fun and loved our autograph pages. She wanted us to pose for the picture but we were all laughing hysterically so we look a bit silly.
We made our way down Main Street.
Its taken us a while to get back but boy was the wait worth it. Can I move here?!? We take a few pictures in front of the castle. I realized that with 5 of us that getting a great shot of all us is impossible.
Emma is dying to go to the Hall of Presidents so we head to Liberty Square. We meet 2 very nice ladies and chat with them while we wait to be let in. Emma thoroughly enjoyed this. She loves history and is fascinated with Abraham Lincoln. After the show lets out its about a half hour or so til the parade. So we stake a spot out. Molly wanted popcorn so Eric heads off for it. After he gets back the girls want to go play hopscotch. Emma also had to see the Liberty Bell. We should have just gone to DC or Philly- the drive would have been a lot shorter.

I also wandered in the Christmas shop. We got back to our spots and enjoyed the parade.
This is Lucy enjoying the parade...
We had a 4:20pm ADR at Crystal Palace so we head back that way. We check in and dont have much of a wait before we called in. We had a lot of fun here. We enjoyed just about everything they had to offer. We were very hungry- we hadnt eaten since breakfast that morning. The girls loved all the characters and the napkin twirling.
After dinner we made our way to FantasyLand. Mollys one and only mission that day was to ride Dumbo! She didnt care about anything else. We got FPs for Peter Pan and then did Mickeys Philharmagic. I love this.
Then we did Snow White and Dumbo, what a long wait but now Molly was happy. It was beautiful seeing the castle all lit up and changing colors from Dumbo. Onto Peter Pan- I really like this ride but do not see how people can wait in the long lines it always has. Every time we passed it the standby time was 50 minutes or greater. The girls were fading fast so we started to head out. We did make a quick stop for Pooh as the wait was less than 10 minutes. As we were leaving we saw bits and pieces of Wishes.
We got back to our room and got the girls bathed and in bed. They were fast asleep within minutes.
Well Lucy wanted to play a little more...
Eric wandered over to the food court for some coffee as I unpacked, washed the bottles, tidied up and got our stuff ready for tomorrow.
It was a great first day.